Just when I was getting the scissors to cut my under-the-sink mat, I opened the cupboard to eye-spy another leak on the other side of the sink.
I'm awaiting a new gasket for that side, before I can clean up my kitchen floor (again).
I am starting to bring my craft totes downstairs. The inventory is being packaged and priced. There is a lot to sort, so this is taking over the living room, while I try and take advantage of the outdoor weather for those projects. Anxiety at is best, ha ha!
Not sure if I mentioned this, but the store on the island that sold my crocheted camper Christmas ornaments closed it's business recently. The museum that was selling my dish scrubbies, jar openers and soap saver bags had a major flood last Christmas, closed for repairs, and asked me to pick up my items. I have called local market stores where you rent a space, and they are no longer taking new vendors. The general store about 20 minutes away also told me they are not taking new vendors.
Anyway, I had purchased the packaging for said stores, so I am packaging these ornaments, but I do have a question. I am packing up make up washcloths, face scrubbies and such, but would you buy packaged hot pad sets, or should I just price them and not package them? I'm thinking people will want to feel the thickness of them, and same with the knitted dishcloths.
Something I learned:
Homemade Buttermilk (preparedness item):
-4 1/2 oz. dry powdered milk
-2 Tbsp. Cream of Tartar
Whisk well.
To make:
-4 Tbsp. of dry mixture with 1 cup of water = 1 cup of buttermilk
If the power goes out, you can make buttermilk, but you will need a way to cook via a generator, wood cook stove or camper propane stove.
Purge this week:
-crocheted cat blanket donated to a daughter
-donated a cookbook to a daughter
-donating 3 more fiction books
-one decoration from a bathroom went in the donation box
4 comments:
That's too bad that opportunities for selling crafts are diminishing. Especially since your work seems to sell so well.
I have no idea about packaging hot pad sets. I agree people like to get the feel of things, but nowadays it seems so much is packaged. I don't think it would deter me, though, if I liked the item.
Leigh, the cost to rent the space at these craft shows has gone from $10-20 for 1 table space (I rent 2 spaces or a 10 x 10) up to $25-30 and higher for a 1 table space. It's impossible to make up that cost in sales for what I sell. Sad indeed.
Thanks for the input on the packaging. I was told to package the items when I had them for sale in the two stores. I just have extra packaging, so I am considering that on some items.
It seems that most hot pads sold in big box stores are unpackaged, for whatever that's worth.
Could you maybe sell your items on Etsy? Or maybe even Ebay? I have no idea what it costs or entails to sell on either of those, but I have purchased a number of things from both of them.
chipmunk, I have thought about Etsy, but they charge a fee to list your item and limit the time you can list it for sale, and they also charge a fee for a sale. I have not thought about ebay. I will have to look into that.
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